Police reports contrast video in police shooting of teen

At least five police officers said in their reports 17-year-old McDonald was aggressively moving toward the police officers with a knife when he was shot.

Guglielmi says that if the criminal investigation finds any wrongdoing the department will take swift action.

However, prior to the video’s release, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy felt the need to hold an impromptu press conference, in which they urged Chicago residents to remain lawful -in anticipation of community outrage and public anger. But one of the police reports said the knife’s “blade was in the open position”.

Dash cam video showed the teen running away from cops, not toward them..

Friday, city officials released almost 400 pages of investigative reports on McDonald’s death. The widely released video (shown above) is from the vehicle of Officers Sebastian and Mondragon.

Van Dyke’s attorney, Dan Herbert, maintains the video doesn’t tell the whole story, and says the officer feared for his life and acted lawfully.

Officer Jason Van Dyke responds to a call about a teenager breaking into cars and stealing radios.

Another case with striking similarities suggests a pattern of deception in the Chicago Police Department.

Even more damning, minutes after Laquan was shot, several police officers entered a local Burger King just yards from where the teen fell, demanding to view the store’s surveillance video.

The police department ultimately ruled the death as justifiable homicide, but later charged Van Dyke with first-degree murder as the video of the incident was about to be released, more than a month later.

The US attorney’s office is investigating the issue, and a number of officials have called for a broader intervention by the US Justice Department.

However, the Justice Department said on Tuesday “that the department did not ask the city to withhold the video from the public because of its investigation”.

Emanuel’s administration also established a $5.5m fund to compensate victims of a Chicago police officer’s years-long torture of up to 120 mostly black suspects.

The city has released information – including the video – in dribs and drabs, prolonging the scandal around McDonald’s shooting.

Police reports released Friday sharply contrast with the dashcam videos released a few days prior.

Requests for comment to spokespeople for Emanuel, Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez and the police review authority weren’t immediately returned. VD continued firing. O appeared to be attempting to get up, still holding knife.

The files include police reports, witness testimonies, evidence inventories and dozens of pages documenting the 16 bullet wounds that McDonald sustained that night. He said he eventually kicked the knife away from McDonald and then told the dying teenager “Hang in there” as an ambulance was called.

Reverend Jesse Jackson plans to lead yet another protest of the city’s handling of the Laquan McDonald case Sunday on State Street in the Loop, reports WBBM’s Mike Krauser. A medical examiner’s report said the hallucinogen PCP was found in his system.

Chicago authorities have not been able to explain why the footage released to the public, including from other squad cars on scene, doesn’t have audio when department technologies allow for it. Acting Superintendent John Escalante said Friday that he issued a reminder to all officers to check that equipment works each time they get into police cars.

One of the reports noted what it called McDonald’s “irrational behavior”, such as ignoring verbal directions, “growling” and making noises.